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Nixon Names Fordyce Director of Department of Agriculture

Gov. Jay Nixon Dec. 20 named Richard Fordyce, of Bethany, as the new director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Fordyce and his wife, Renee, grow soybeans and corn as well as raise beef cattle on the family farm in Harrison County.

Since 2008, he has also served as chairman of the Missouri State Soil & Water Districts Commission. Nixon made the announcement with Fordyce at the row crop farm